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The petition must be submitted at least one month prior to the session the student desires to return and no later than the first day of the month . Appeals are read at the first meeting of the Academic Review Board each month . In addition , a student must also submit the Application for Readmission to the Adrian campus Admissions office or to the appropriate CPS site in tandem with the written petition for reinstatement . Appeals may be submitted electronically to academicreviewboard @ sienaheights . edu .
Dismissal If reinstatement is granted to a student after a suspension , he / she will be placed on probation , and must attain a session GPA of 2.0 or higher each session or subsession he / she is enrolled until the cumulative GPA is also 2.0 or higher . Otherwise , the student will be dismissed from Siena Heights University for a period of two full years . Reinstatement after dismissal follows the same process as the reinstatement after suspension outlined above . Reinstatement following a dismissal can occur no earlier than two years from the date of the student ’ s dismissal . A student will be subject to current probation guidelines when granted a return from either suspension or dismissal .
Academic Probation & Suspension Criteria ( Graduate Students )
Determining probation and / or suspension status is reviewed at the end of each official session . Students admitted on-condition who do not earn a grade of B or better in any course may be held to the standards communicated within their admissions acceptance letter .
Probation When a graduate student earns a letter grade of “ C ” in any course , the result is probation . The academic progress of a graduate student on probation will be monitored by student ’ s academic advisor for no less than the next six ( 6 ) credit hours . While on academic probation , a student may be required to take GRS598 , which is intended to strengthen academic skills . Once the student ’ s GPA has risen to at least a 3.0 by repeating courses until a grade of a “ B- “ or better is earned in each course , the student ’ s status may be upgraded to regular academic status .
Suspension A graduate student who is placed on academic suspension is informed in a letter from the Dean , of deadlines and procedures for an appeal of the suspension . All suspensions last at least one ( 1 ) academic session ( i . e ., fall , winter , or summer ). Graduate College official sessions are Summer , Fall , and Winter . During suspension , the student must submit a written appeal to the Dean for reinstatement . Written appeals must be received within one ( 1 ) month of the onset of the suspension . Upon the timely receipt of a request for reinstatement , the Dean will ask the Academic Suspension Subcommittee of the student ’ s respective program to review the appeal letter and relevant evidence and to make a recommendation to the Graduate Council . The Graduate Council reviews the request and makes a decision regarding reinstatement within a reasonable time frame so the entire appeal process does not exceed one full 16-week session after the notification of suspension . The Graduate Council may vote to dismiss a student , may reinstate the student , or may delineate conditions for reinstatement . A student who is suspended a second time will be dismissed from the University permanently with no opportunity for appeal .
International students should recognize that suspension may have serious consequences in relation to their immigration visa status . International students facing suspension should immediately contact both the International Office and their Graduate College advisor .
Graduate Assistants in Athletics should be advised that a suspension may affect the status of their assistantship . Students should work closely with the Dean of Students if they experience a suspension .
Academic Progress
Satisfactory academic progress includes the maintenance of at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average ( GPA ). A graduate student whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 or who receives a grade of " C " in any course is placed on academic probation for the next six ( 6 ) credit hours . In addition , a graduate student whose GPA falls below 3.0 more than one session , or receives more than one ( 1 ) grade of " C " in any course , is automatically suspended from the program and is therefore ineligible for graduation . A graduate student who receives an " E " is suspended from the program .
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